Career
He has competed in 1,987 laps of National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing stock car racing – the equivalent of 1,551.7 miles or 2,497.2 kilometres. Parrish has earned a grand total of $1,150 ($9,43212 when adjusted for inflation) through his entire National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Grand National Series career and was a participant of the 1955 Southern 500 which has been recorded on VHS and Digital Video Disc. His average career start was 23rd while his average career finish was also 23rd. This means that Parrish was very consistent throughout his racing career.
Parrish all of his National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing races using a Studebaker.
He even first gained his official competition license in a 1953 Studebaker Commander coupé with the racing number 11. Joe Frazier (no relation to the heavyweight boxer) was Parrish"s sponsor for his entire career.
